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(Just My Thoughts) 



"Between two world's life hovers like a star, 
Twixt night and morn." 

— Byron 



"So much the rather, thou, celestial light, 
Shine inward, and the mind through all her power 
Irradiate!" 



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IN MEMORIAM 

OF 

MY MOTHER AND FATHER 
LUCY CARTER FERRELL 

AND 

PETER WILLIAM FERRELL 

This Book 
is affectionately inscribed. 

1916 



PREFACE 

Among the flowers and thorns that mingle 
their differences in our every day life, we 
find a heart's ease for each ache, and from 
the murky gloom of the busy hum of human- 
ity there comes from each day, thoughts, 
though grave, whose beams make glad and 
reveal the illuming glow that nears one to 
the oneness of the One Supreme. And happy 
are we who make that thought secure and 
learn to know that the self-existent soul 
though minute, yet infinitely vast, journeys 
on until Time becomes Eternity. These 
daily lights have been a rod and staff and 
they comfort — a star in the night that leads 
those, who for today prepare; on and above 
the dross of the material, where everything 
is changeable but change — a beneficiary 
along Life's Intervale raising one's self 
above the little things that fret and chafe, 
wasting not the golden hour allotted us in 
heeding the thoughtless wrong, or slight of 
those who forget that hour in Gethsemane 
that comes to all alike — causing to believe 
in the good of everything and all is wrought 
for the wisest end. Such have been these 
little thought gems in the wilderness of 
pleasure and pain that encompass us about. 
To you I give them and may they be as a 
zephyr to the desert heart. 

LENA FERRELL WELLER. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 





The soul is but a blossom from the flower 
of Paradise that love hath scattered here for 
yet awhile — it must be so nourished that it 
may lend fragrance to all around as it 
journeys onward to the eternal realm. 

t t t 

And scarcely does this flower begin its 
little life ere trials build themselves into a 
ladder up which it struggles step by step, 
nearer God and heaven, 

t t t 

There may come years of unconsciousness 
of a world beyond, still there is a something 
immortal that survives the wreck, pushing 
onward and upward far into bliss. 

t t $ 

There is a place along the intervale for 
you, whose very presence will lend a light 
to the life of one who may be in the shadow. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 

Self-distrust leads us captive through in- 
tricate paths of doubt until lost we find each 
essay a mere nothingness in the labyrinth 
of life. Flee from such, and kind nature 
will be thy guide. 

Z t t 

The other whiles will be vague and vain 
when the tide bears us on the shores of 
eternity, when our better natures will have 
gained for themselves eternalism. 

$ t t 

The angel of sorrow comes and we won- 
der why our hearts should be called to bear 
burdens of grief. 

t t t 

With Divine guidance we find the "Angel 
of Sorrow" is but the golden key that opens 
the gateway of the soul, that we may see the 
inner preciousness of life. 

t t t 

God gathers his plants of being one by one 
as rounds the hour for which each was 
grown that they may lend brightness above 
and fragrance below. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 

Though the now of our lives be obscured 
by some dark night, the afterward will be a 
brighter light that no darkness can resist. 

% i t 

Whatever the storms may be that rush 
upon the troubled soul, if we but shield our- 
selves with the armour of faith, hope and 
love, there will appear the rainbow on 
whose edge will fall a holy ray from the 
heavenly day. 

t t t 

The frost chain of indifferentism some- 
times chills our very inner being. Let us 
remember that "God keeps Spring with Him 
alway." 

t t t 

The uttermost longings of a loving and 
pure heart cannot be satisfied in this 
shadow-world. 

t i i 

Just as we bruise the flower to gain its 
sweetest perfume, just so must love bleed ere 
we know its depth, though e'en the crown 
be of thorns. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Our best thoughts are always full of tend- 
erest solicitude for the weaker natures of 
our fellow being. 

t X t 

In the darkness we cannot see what deadly 
foe may in ambush lie or what dangers may 
be lurking nigh. 

t t t 

Joyfulness along the intervale is a duty 
we owe to God and our fellow being. 

$ i i 

In every virtuous sorrow is born a Re- 
deemer. God has some mission for those 
for whom there is no room in the Inns of the 
world. 

t t t 

Why sunshine for the stranger, and 
thought always for the lifelong friend, when 
for our own sometimes there is nothing but 
bitterness and scorn. 

t t t 

There is a sweet interlude that falls be- 
tween waking and sleeping. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



One's ideal is in advance always — and liv- 
ing will follow in the wake of the ideal. 

i i i 

In the clearer sight of a heart purified by 
trial, we find sympathy. 

Z t i 

One's happiness in this world is gained 
by the happiness we inspire in others. 

t t t 

There never comes a joy not meant in 
love, still less a pain. 

i i t 

A soul house are we building, yet with 
what different architecture and what vari- 
ous care. 

t t t 

Heaven commences in every heart ere the 
world is past. 

$ t $ 

"lis sweet to think we are never left alone 
by God and that His protecting arm is ever 
ready to shelter. 

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ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Patience alone can strengthen our facili- 
ties and make us reconciled to our fate. 

$ t % 

"It takes a touch of adversity to show 
whether a man is a man at all, just as it 
needs the touch of frost to bring out the 
glory of the trees." 

t t t 

And what is faith but to close the eyes and 
breathe the atmosphere of peace. 'Tis but 
to feel Thee near me and by Thee be under- 
stood. 'Tis but to lose the heartaches and 
the care, by grief to be forsook. 

$ t t 

'Though we may look e'en thro' life's 
more cultured walks, where all is transitory 
splendour — there is no spot to real happi- 
ness consigned along the intervale. 

t i t 

When will come an end to the burdens of 
the soul? When God thinks best. 

t t t 

Circling Time pushes onward the soul- 
gem to glorious Immortality and Eternity. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 

The side-lights of eternity that throw fan- 
ciful patterns along our pathway, are but 
fitting us all the more clearly for that bright 
beyond. 

i i t 

Shrink not from the companionship of 
Sorrow, should she walk with thee. She is 
God's angel, a messenger of grace. 

% t t 

"All tried thoughts of virtue born, 
Find rest in Heaven." 

t t t 

Linger not in the realms of the bye and 
bye, — its shimmering bonds of sloth will 
bind thee all the more gently until too late. 

$ t t 

Methinks the language of the soul is far 
more sublime than that of the heart. Awake 
from thy Elysian reverie and study well thy 
better nature. 

$ $ t 

There is "an even-tide in life" — allotted 
to a few, for whom meditations and hallow- 
ing thoughts intertwine — one sweet dream 
— then the glorious morn. 

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ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Trials will blend into a psalm if borne 
in the appointed way. 

X X X 

"Scatter flowers along the pathway of the 

living, 
Save not the choice blossoms for the tomb." 

X X X 

The storms of life happen not by chance, 
but by order, that the calms of the inner man 
may blend into Rest and Peace. 

X X X 

Although the heart may be in the wilder- 
ness, let not the sands of doubt be driven by 
the winds of despair encompass it about, 
else all will be lost. 

X X X 

Why should life on earth be a sleep, and a 
forgetting? Is there not a glorious awaken- 
ing? Life is but the dream of a reality. 

X X X 

Dwarf not the soul and nourish the natural 
body, rather dwarf the natural that the im- 
mortal may outgrow the mortal. 

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ALONG THE INTERVALE 



With eyes heavenward two ways will ap- 
pear — one through fields of ease, another 
but a narrow foot-path of rugged stones. 
Walk in the footprints formed by His bleed- 
ing feet. 

* t t 

Let us not tarry, wrestling with doubts 
and fears. To this night of waking, there 
is a break that heralds the morn when angels 
wait the soul to carry to the realms of bless- 
ed day. 

t t t 

Though oft-times alone, thoughts are still 
with us — good thoughts nourish the mind, 
evil thoughts afflict. 

t t t 

There is a winter-gloom that o'er takes the 
soul. God's love and tender mercy will give 
warmth and patience in the time of trial. 

* t t 

Can we ask that God be kinder to man 
than He was to Himself. Was not our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ a child of sorrow 
and acquainted with grief; wounded with 
many stripes; and at last died upon the 
cross. 

15 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



In every adversity we can find a lesson 
of virtue. 

t t t 

Solitude and silence are angels of peace 
to the inner man. Remain in the Garden of 
Gethsemane, that the fragrance of sanctity 
may be thrown over the pathway of the one 
who follows. 

t i t 

The down-climbing love of God will 
quickly entwine itself around, if we press 
onward to the mark of the high calling. Let 
thy steps be one of progression and not of 
retrogression ere it be too late for God's love 
to overtake. 

$ t t 

Perhaps a smile, or even a look, if not a 
word of joy, may be of great help to the 
heart bowed down with care and pain. 

t i t 

Let our Saviour's law of love be written 
in our hearts. Follow the still small voice 
of conscience and its dictates will ever guide 
aright. 

t t t 

Waves surround and waters o'erflow the 
soul in temporal life, beyond is the shelter- 
ing vale. 

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What are we but half-moulded clay — "in- 
completeness" marked a goodly thought 'tis 
true, — a great work but just begun, whose 
perfectness will not be wrought until the 
everlasting day. 

t t t 

Is it right to nourish that solitude that 
makes not companions of our neighbors, and 
counts all faces as but pictures on the azure 
vault of life? 

t t t 

Does it ever occur to you who walk this 
intervale that it is the spiritual eye of the 
one who has crossed the river of death that 
watches the spiritual contest between right 
and wrong? When we conquer temptation, 
what a radiant smile of joy must illuminate 
the already bright countenance. 

i i i 

Waste not the precious time allotted to 
you as you journey along. The same time 
comes only once, never again. 

t t t 

Grace will be given for each day's duty. 
Worry not over things to come, for we are 
given grace to live each day and sufficient 
unto the day is the grace thereof. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



There is a retirement into ones self that is 
beneficial provided a watch is kept over the 
wanderings of the mind, and pardon is ask- 
ed for wrong-thinking as well as wrong- 
doing. "As the heart is so shall it be." 

ttt 

Let not despair overtake you, though the 
way be narrow. The upward progress is 
slow, but the goal though beyond is nearer 
than we think. 

t $ t 

We have only to glance at nature and find 
a parable of divine meaning, the parable of 
reciprocal service, the result of which is 
life. 

tit 

Bright and alluring scenes will arise on 
both sides of our pathway. They are but 
transitory — reared for the time being by 
passion — an appeal to the human element of 
life. 

t t t 

When temptations assail us, we should be 
thankful, for though grievous they test our 
strength and when overcome we are all the 
stronger thereby. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 

It is the struggle with the inner man that 
God watches — a continual warfare between 
the natural and the spiritual. 

tit 

Let us not forget that the Saints were all 
tempted, and even Christ, the Son of God, 
suffered temptation. As long as earth exists, 
her sons and daughters will meet with temp- 
tation. It was sown in the Garden of Eden 
by humanity, and humanity must destroy 
the very roots. 

t t t 

One by one must we go through the gates 
of repentance, faith and obedience before 
we reach the Gates of Heaven. 

t t t 

Too late may be the silence we keep, with 
those who are dear — when some sweet word 
or deed within our reach might bring joy 
to the lonely heart. 

t t t 

To be in some atmospheres is moral death, 
to be in touch with the true ideals is inspira- 
tion and life. 

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ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Let us open the windows of our soul, and 
drive away gloom and despair with the sun- 
shine of love and joy, and all will be what 
it should be. 

t t t 

In the inner chambers of every being there 
is to be found a cross and crown. Let the 
human will bear the cross that we gain the 
crown. 

t t $ 

It is the little things that hold our happi- 
ness, a word, a look, a touch — while memory 
come from the heart and fills the soul with 
dreams. 

t t % 

There are great calms in one's life where 
silence is supreme, and we sit alone recall- 
ing sunlit scenes and old delights. 

t t t 

The greatest happiness and satisfaction in 
life is found in administering unto others 
whatever is most needful for their welfare. 

t t t 

Let the halo of love encircle each weary, 
burdened soul. Then the ideals and ordeals 
of life will blend harmoniously together. 

20 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Prone are we to busy ourselves with what 
does not concern us, neglecting thereby 
golden opportunities that are given us each 
day to minister to others as well as to our- 
selves. 

t t i 

When we awaken in eternity, how small 
our souls will be and what pigmies. 

t i i 

Each day and hour contains opportuni- 
ties that are given only once. Look not into 
the past nor into the future but grasp the 
golden opportunities of the present. 

t t t 

Like as the clouds and continual dropping 
of rain bring forth nature's loveliest yield, 
so trials and sorrow cause to stand our 
truest nature in bright relief against a seem- 
ingly dark background. 

t i i 

Occasionally we find along this stony path 
some souls in whom there is no guile. 

t t t 

The great lesson to teach as well as learn 
is the lesson of eternal love. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



'Tis sweet to feel that you are necessary 
to some one — that your existence lends an 
effulgent light to another — that your very 
presence gives strength. 

t i t 

What is this life but a preparation for life 
eternal? The intervale is but the garden 
wherein we may grow in grace and love 
before we are gathered into the heavenly 
home. 

t t t 

How strangely different are lives! Some 
tossed o'er distant seas — some safely brave 
the storms while others — are lost at sea! 

t i t 

When the way seems dark, and fate is 
deplored, throw off thought of self, and make 
the burdens of others less and then will 
appear life's true definition. 

t t t 

Hearts that patiently bear the many suf- 
ferings of a contrite nature will gain that 
sweet haven wherein that was lost shall be 
returned e'en a hundred fold. 

22 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Walk in sweet communion with God and 
your light will so shine that others, "seeing 
your good work," will glorify Him who 
doeth all things for our own good. 

t t t 

A good conscience is more to humanity 
than riches. This life is transitory and the 
glory short at its best. 

* t t 

Each thought and act for others will open 
so wide the door of self that a halo of God's 
light will fill our being. 

t t t 

The soul is but tenting in this world-field. 
Yet a little while and the camp will be 
moved. Which shall it be — with the enemy 
or with the "Saviour." 

% t t 

When eventide's softened lustre is over 
all, and quietude reigns supreme, commune 
with thy own heart and review the thoughts 
of the parting day. Have they been all that 
they should, and did silence bar the imper- 
tinence of vain conversation? 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Look into the heart and see that it is filled 
with love for God. 

t i t 

Let not sin enslave the soul. When sin 
has once encircled the heart, and penetrated 
the most holy of holies (the conscience) en- 
compassing it about with bonds of iron, all 
is lost. 

t $ % 

Grace and glory are blossoms from the 
tree of Salvation — the one an earthly inheri- 
tance, the other gained when the harvest is 
ended. 

t t t 

In the hour of discouragement, when all 
seems dark, remember that the eye of God 
is upon you. He knows your every thought 
and feeling and watches the mighty war- 
fare. 

X t % 

When we think of the many environments 
of sin that beset the soul of man, how can 
we perfectly rejoice in this life? Is not this 
a serious thought that should cause us to 
give more time to the welfare of our fellow 
being? 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Our moral natures are but dim reflections 
from Him in whom centers all that is glori- 
ous. 

X X X 

Let not thy heart be faint, nor as dry as 
summer's dust, but so nourish sentiments of 
human kindness that elevation that may be 
reached and entwined around, and gradual- 
ly take root in the hearts of others. 

X X X 

Life is not always what we can do, but 
what we can endure. It is much easier to 
use our talents well than it is our traits. 

X X X 

Temptation comes with power, the storm 
circles around in higher altitudes, and temp- 
tations increase rather than decrease as we 
journey towards the heights of imperative 
imperialism in character. 

X X X 

The fatality of circumstances control our 
destinies and there is a void in the heart 
that nothing can fill — let gentleness come in 
and nourish the flower of friendship. 

25 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Personality either wins for us the praise 
and admiration of our locality or else, it not 
of the right kind, the condemnation of our 
generation. 

t t t 

Take your religion with you in your daily 
walk, daily talk, and daily life which never 
required its companionship more than to- 
day. 

t t $ 

Let truth and goodness so intermingle in 
our natures that the trinity of our being may 
grow spiritual. Mankind thinks not enough 
of the spiritual growth which is the great 
electrical current that reaches Heaven. 

t t i 

Silence is our greatest teacher. When its 
tranquility reaches the tired brain, truth in 
all its beauty of form and fact glides around 
in grandeur and the mighty voice of God is 
heard in silence. 

t t X 

Everything that happens along the inter- 
vale of life has a lesson for us to study as 
we journey along. Each day's lessons have 
to be learned and help to form the chain of 
our existence. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 

Let not temptation become so interwoven 
in our natures that a separation cannot take 
place. It is in the whirlwind of existence 
that this monster o'ertakes us and nothing 
but a withdrawal from without, and a com- 
munion with God can overcome this gilded 
idol. 

tit 

The joys of life exceeds the sorrows. Our 
blessings are manifold in comparison with 
our troubles. 

t i t 

We are given to existence in a pure form 
and we should enter eternity in purity. Al- 
though we grow daily in knowledge as well 
as in body, yet should we remember that 
everything that pertains to our existence is 
loaned, and must be returned. 

t t t 

Let us accept everything that comes, for 
our own good and strength. We should not 
build our tabernacle on the sands of dissatis- 
faction, but on the rock of faith that the 
onward roll of time cannot destroy. 

* i t 

Always smiling sin lures the innocent on. 
What for the guilty — but a cold grin? 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Do not look for contentment in everything. 
Our natures are such that there is a contin- 
ual reaching after things not seen. If in 
silence we go, we find that this reaching 
after is but the immortal trying to rise to 
the great throne where contentment is 
found. 

t t t 

Though the outward life may be vacant, 
let not the room of the heart be vacant, for 
there is a love divine waiting to descend 
and lend its radiance. 

t t t 

How often comes moments of unutterable 
longings when all around in oblivion dwells, 
and our higher thoughts seek higher plains 
than earth and her surroundings can furnish. 

t t t 

Ask not that one stone be even taken from 
the narrow road or that flowers may strew 
the way. "Thy will be done, Lord, not 
mine." 

t t t 

Though friends may turn and again you 
are alone, let thought and acts towards 
others be as you would have them toward 
you. 

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"Be of good cheer" — familiar words of our 
Master, in them is happiness, and through 
them we have influence that spreads sun- 
shine as we journey along. 

i i t 

Nature, friendship and social life form 
the bright way of life, and satisfaction lies 
in serving others and through experience 
we find this great joy. 

$ i t 

This friendship is of many qualities, but 
must not be a confederate of vice and 
pleasure, but have virtue as its basis. 

i t t 

Let the inner being be radiant with joy 
that no circumstances can cast a gloom 
over. The greatest battles ever won are 
from within. 

t i i 

Narrow not self to a selfish few in this 
broad wonderful world, there are many who 
need the cup of "good cheer." 

t t t 

The grandest nature that mortal man can 
possess is the calmest. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



There comes moments in our lives when 
strength falters and hearts bleed. Through 
supplication comes that peace which leads 
to light. 

$ t t 

Question not the cross that you are given 
to carry, nor try to understand the way — 
rather the darkness and that all-guiding 
Hand. 

t t t 

Look not for a cross of mighty weight to 
bear with patience, for the many little daily 
cares patiently borne lead us into the path 
of humanity. 

* * * 

Humanity should bear more the image of 
the Father's face. Can His face be mirrored 
in our souls if we continually turn from His 
presence? 

t t t 

Yes, all must suffer and walk alone the 
path that Jesus walked — watch in patience 
the one dark hour that comes before Etern- 
ity. 

i t t 

Life in its morning time is a rich garden 
in which we must carefully sow seed, that 
the harvest be blest. 

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ALONG THE INTERVALE 



When the tempest comes, look above with 
hope in the heart. In moments of darkness, 
look above. 

t i t 

How prone are we to look for happiness 
in the past and future when it is to be found 
in the present. 

t i i 

Experience is not transmissible. Each 
must profit by learning from the great teach- 
er, and lessons cannot be learned by observ- 
ing from the experience of others. 

t t i 

What a difference between false happi- 
ness and true happiness. The former leads 
to selfishness, both proud and stern, while 
the latter, kind, and shared with others. 

$ t t 

Do you ever pause to think what a vast 
storehouse the mind is, and how many 
vacant places we allow Time to make for us. 

t t t 

Living is mosaic in architecture and the 
little things are the instruments employed 
in putting each stone in place. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Time never goes on. It is we who rest- 
lessly push onward. 

t t t 

There sometimes occur moments in our 
lives, in which the heart is congested with 
the coldness of this cold world and what but 
a true friend can allay the malady. 

t t t 

Since we shall all share the glories of that 
future state, ought we not also to share the 
cares of others in this labyrinth of existence? 

t t t 

Prone are we too often to borrow the 
thoughts and ideas of others and do away 
with our own, which if considered in soli- 
tude are better for our hearts and minds 
than others. 

t t t 

It needs an eternity to express the many 
thoughts that pass through mortal's mind. 

t $ t 

Let us face frankly the serious facts that 
confront us each day and dodge not the 
sacrifice that being true requires one to 
make. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 

Dally not with temptation, but rather repel 
it immediately — a thing thought over takes 
root and grows, especially in fallow ground. 
Temptation is an ambassador of destruction 
in human life. 

i i $ 

Each generation battles, under divine 
guidance, is another victory won in the 
campaign of God's kingdom. We are fight- 
ing under orders and must help to win. 

t t t 

Even in Gethsemane, we can become vic- 
torious; inward fortification against the 
trials of life will lead to kindness, humility 
and a deeper insight. Love that is willing 
to suffer will achieve its reward. 

i i $ 

There are times in one's life that the heart 
recoils from all confidence — feeling that it 
will never be understood. 

t i $ 

The soul is likened unto the leaves of a 
book which shall be unfolded each day until 
all is finished and then — what remains but 
the binding — a mere sarcophagus. 

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ALONG THE INTERVALE 

What is this life but a discord to the 
many harmonies that make immortality? 

* t t 

In every life there are two worlds — the 
one without being but a pasture to the one 
within. 

t i t 

What is life but that divine gift, "breath," 
instilled into our being from the alchemy of 
heaven. 

* t t 

Memory is but the home of thought where 
each may be in silent communion with the 
other. 

t i t 

In every great cause comes a moment in 
which to decide the strife between the true 
and the false. 

t t t 

Our frailties are to be pitied and not 
enlarged upon. 

t t t 

Let us remember that Satan has a fine 
intellect that comes through countless ages, 
and the image of God in our hearts alone 
can baffle his power. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Let the duty of each moment be done 
quickly and willingly. 

t i $ 

Life is what we make it, difficulties and 
cares come without making them; this is 
but a part of the educational discipline 
necessary for the highest good. 

t t $ 

What is more fragile than thought when 
first born; what stronger, when it has 
matured? 

t i i 

Let the song we sing in sadness lighten 
another's grief, and the song we sing in 
gladness always be in our hearts, for joy and 
sorrow are the best implements in life's 
work shop. 

i t t 

The greatest warmth to the heart is giving 
gladness. In the silence of the face some- 
times a gentle clasp of the hand from a 
friend will bring a smile. 

* t t 

Let us always look for a virtue to offset a 
fault when we see one in others. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Bitterness and despair are but meted out 
to us to know, that from these thorny fields 
springs the way to success. 

t t t 

Our good nature has a chance every hour 
in the day to show itself. 

t t t 

We need all the kindness we can get from 
each other in this world. 

t t t 

Nature too has her sorrows and sufferings 
that come from her very heart — fit emblems 
of our natures. 

* t * 

Golden hours are allotted us each day that 
might mark events in the incidents of time, 
if we but embrace them. 

* t t 

Do not let the mind and spirit become 
tainted with the impurities that encompass 
them about. Rise above the level and dwell 
in the atmosphere of light and life. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



The bonds formed by grief are stronger 
than those formed by happiness. 

t t t 

Life and thought are handmaidens that 
make their exit from this world into the 
eternal realm together, leaving us with dead 
nature. 

t t t 

The Apostles of old did not tell half they 
saw when their spiritual eyes were opened 
and they saw even into the third heaven. 

tit 

It is for our spirits to bring nearer to us 
the glories of heaven. 

t t t 

The Angel of Light explains all things that 
seem dark to us and gives the heart that 
calm which the peace of light and truth only 
can give. 

t t i 

The spiritual world is nearer to us than 
we think. It is that our eyes are holden and 
we cannot see the forms and faces of our 
loved ones. 

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In the presence of imperious woe, our 
friends weep with us, but a Higher Tribunal 
soothes the heart. 

* t t 

What is death but a resurrection? The 
soul rises from its casket of clay and is wel- 
comed into the glorious habitation, as a birth 
to a new life. 

$ i t 

How grand to see through the windows of 
the spiritual eye and hear with the spiritual 
ear! The natural eye and ear give us but a 
faint idea of the wonders and glories of 
God's work. 

t t t 

The heavenly ministers allotted the human 
soul are legion. Each has its mission and 
comes at the appointed time. 

* t t 

What is life but the Lord's love instilled 
into our being? 

t t t 

The celestial angel awaits us and when the 
terrestial angel's mission is fulfilled, the 
celestial angel guides us into the realms of 
peace and love. 



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Our loved ones are around us, and if it 
were not for the material membrane that 
keeps our spiritual eyes in the dark, we 
could see those who are dwelling in glorious 
immortality. 

t i i 

It is for our heavenly natures to rob the 
"grave of its victory and death of its sting." 

t t i 

"There is a natural body and there is a 
spiritual body" that constitutes life here. 
Our spiritual wanders away in fields of 
thought, and if we allow the spiritual to 
dwell within the natural and never soar 
aloft, we become narrow, sordid and selfish. 

t t Z 

What an awful thought that Heaven is afar 
off, and that the soul travels through space! 
This world and heaven are blended together 
by beauty and truth that emanate from God. 

t t t 

Some of us hear, and some of us see, while 
others of us feel spiritual. If all the sensi- 
bilities of the spirit were blended in our 
beings in harmony we would be translated 
as Elijah of old. 

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We are prone to absorb the ideas of others 
in all things. Let us take into our hearts 
Christ's lesson of the hereafter. 

t i t 

The age of responsibility is not the same 
with all of God's children. To some it 
comes earlier than to others. 

t t t 

To resist the Divine Will is to go contrary 
to God's holy law. In all of the Command- 
ments abstinence is asked. 

t i t 

Let the Lord dwell in the holy temple of 
the body that Heaven may begin. 

t i $ 

Happiness should be a contagion that the 
good things of life be shared. Scatter it 
abroad to the best of our ability, a generous 
living from the heart brings a rich harvest. 

% t t 

And so we reach a higher plane of 
thought, and get a broader view of life and 
its obligations. 

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Never despond or lose courage, for this is 
perilous to life and a temptation to be quick- 
ly done away with. 

t t i 

Every kindly act we do, but inclines us 
more and more to such deeds, and every 
kindness done advances us and makes the 
age we live in memorable. 

i i i 

Let us swim the rough tides. Master our- 
selves, our self-respect, our self-control, and 
self-reliance. 

t t t 

Conquer the self in our natures, for that 
is the one great monster to overcome before 
the Lord can enter our hearts. Self drives 
Christ away and bars the door. 

I t t 

It is necessary for us to surrender all 
things in our hearts and become a child 
again. This is regeneration. 



Evil and false things are eliminated from 
our natures, while good and true take their 
places, as we will that they should. 

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When we think of heaven as a far off 
place it is because our sins have come be- 
tween us and heaven. Wipe away the sins 
and heaven is with us. 

t t t 

Each one must thus work out his own 
salvation. Again by the sweat of the brow 
shall we live, spiritually as well as physi- 
cally. 

i t t 

When we become as a little child and are 
born again, around Him is that halo of peace 
which passeth all understanding. 

t t t 

If love is planted but as a grain of mustard 
seed in our hearts, the time will come when 
the embryo will burst forth in all of its 
splendour. 

t t t 

Thought cannot give expression to the 
grandeur that is attained by the soul in the 
spiritual world. 

* t t 

The intellect can be cultivated by the 
study of all things; the affections by the 
study of heavenly things. 



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To think spiritually of things and to think 
of spiritual things are often confounded. 
The effect on the mind is not the same. It 
is more like looking at the leaven without 
using. 

t t t 

Earth is full of partialities and imperfect- 
ions wrought by the mind of man. 

tit 

Earth-life is thrown away when one dies, 
and with it goes all the ills to which flesh is 
heir. 

t t t 

Let there always be an influx of peace and 
love into our natures. It strengthens us in 
time of trouble. 

t i t 

In giving others happiness, we create in 
ourselves a harmony. 

t t t 

We are taught many things in heaven that 
the human mind is incapable of even con- 
ceiving. 

* t i 

If the kingdom of God reigns in the heart, 
we will be in the Garden of Eden. 



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If you create in your hearts the kingdom 
of God, "all these things shall be added unto 
you." 

t t $ 

To "give us this day our daily bread" is 
to give us affection and thought. Not food 
for the natural, but food for the spiritual 
each day. 

* t t 

Perhaps like an echo ringing sweet to the 
listening ear, of some one in trouble's hour, 
your thought and deed may awaken some 
inner power that will bring help. 

t t $ 

Let each day have some clear intention 
and not be one of thoughtlessness, wherein 
we add nothing to the yesterdays. Mingled 
joy and sorrow of our fellowman come in 
for a part of our thought. 

i $ t 

There always remains something for you 
to do. Youth and age both have their oppor- 
tunities and it is never too late. 

t t t 

Sunshine in the heart wins many a battle 
along life's highway and makes us strong. 



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Do something each day that will take a 
little sadness from the vast amount that is 
along the Intervale. 

i i t 

Miracles are but the divine power brought 
to play on the atoms of the material world. 
They are heavenly occurrences manifested 
to man, the comprehension of which the 
finite mind is incapable. 

t i t 

Death but frees one from the limitations 
of Time, and Faith comes in sight as the soul 
crosses the seeming chasm that separates 
this world from Eternity. 

i t i 

Love and wisdom were created in the be- 
ginning and each is necessary for the exis- 
tence of the other to form a perfect being. 

t i t 

We can all be Noahs in the deluge of sor- 
row and evil that reign even forty days and 
forty nights in our minds. The pure heart 
can lead us into the ark and when weary, 
the olive branch will give us rest. 



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How grand to leave the earthly tabernacle 
before it is covered with the creeping evils 
that rise up on all sides! 

* t t 

In sorrow the eyes and ears of the inner 
man are opened and we see clearly God's 
hand in all things. 

t t t 

The golden age allotted to the Adam race 
before sin entered into the world will be 
granted us in the world to come, and through 
that age we will rise together, and higher, 
until we reach the Great White Throne. 

t t t 

What do we know of the workings of our 
inner life when we allow the sensibilities to 
become dormant? 

t t t 

All that is wrong here will be straightened 
hereafter. The key to understanding will 
then be in our hands. 

t t t 

Do not let sensuous philosophy rend in 
twain the Holy of Holies within us. 

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As communion in our church is passed 
from one to the other, so must the nectar of 
love and truth be handed around. 

t t t 

Spirit communes with spirit in the land 
of the soul that each possesses while on 
earth, tho' that communion be not seen by 
mortal eye. 

t t t 

Humility brings back the guardian angels 
that withdraw from us when sin is with us. 

t t i 

In every flower is a lesson of purity, love 
and beauty. 

t t t 

The flood of sunshine from above can dry 
up the flood of despair and darkness. 

$ t t 

And each of us is but God's love created 
in human form and when sin assails us it is 
our nature that whispers that the Lord is 
angry. The mortal nature asserts itself and 
our interpretation of this consciousness of 
wrong tells us that the Lord has a right to 
be angry. 

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Unloose the seven seals to the Book of 
God. The sin from generation to generation 
but closes the Book until soon the seals will 
be seventy times seventy. 

t t i 

God is never angry, for God is love. 

i t i 

What is the creed that counts as we com- 
mune with ourselves? It is to think lovely 
thoughts, speak kindly words and do lovely 
deeds. 

* t t 

What do the untrodden paths that stretch 
beyond hold in store for us, let us face the 
light as it beckons on, though shadows fall 
around us. 

t t t 

Do not lose a day by letting some word or 
act of some forgetful one who may cause the 
heart to be robbed of its joy — take courage 
for fairer days will be yours. 

* t X 

Tread softly, for strange paths are before 
me and they are spotless; let love be my 
companion, love for all and a helping hand. 



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Did not the Lord come as a thief in the 
night? As predicted, there were some wise 
virgins with lamps filled and trimmed ready 
to shine along his pathway. 

t t t 

The beatitudes of life are centered in 
Christ. 

$ t t 

What is life but God? Has it not been 
truthfully said that breath goes into the 
atmosphere to be purified for new and bet- 
ter uses? 

i t t 

If God withheld his life from this world, 
this would be a chaos, and void of life. 

t t t 

To man was given the power to think and 
with thought came the will, which free, 
questioned material things, thereby with- 
drawn gradually from the spiritual until 
today what have we? A candle under a 
bushel measure. 

$ t $ 

Kill the germ of sin before some ugly, 
poisonous spirit takes possession of the soul. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



If nature becomes corrupt, can good fruit 
be brought forth? If the tree bringeth not 
forth good fruit, ought we not to annihilate 
it and cast it into the fire? 



Is not this earth changing each day and 
new earth being formed for future use? 

t t t 

The creative force keeps in motion every 
atom of heaven and earth, creating a new 
heaven and earth, but not one atom is 
wasted. 

* t t 

Does not God's love draw all men unto 
Him? 

i t t 

Resignation is that purer atmosphere that 
raises us to the gates of heaven. 

i t t 

To the thoughtful seeker, God is revealed 
in all the glory that man can comprehend. 

t t t 

What is this world but a single sheaf in 
the harvest of God? 



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The world knows not the time when the 
soul begins its pilgrimage to the realms of 
heaven. 

t t i 

Each life should be like a circle — at equal 
distance from the extremes that lead to suf- 
fering. 

t i t 

We are capable of rising to altitudes 
beyond material comprehension, if we have 
that illumination along the way which the 
Spirit gives. 

tit 

In the material world is decay, in the 
spiritual, glory. 

i i i 

Can sorrow be laid aside until living 
ceases? 

t i i 

Hope blossoms on earth and climbs up- 
ward. Faith blossoms in heaven and reaches 
downward. 

t t t 

The struggles that go on in our being to 
conquer temptation belongs to God. Yield- 
ing to that temptation belongs to man. 



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Nature's pictures are all presented in 
curves. 

t i t 

In thought we find the greatest splendors. 

t t t 

God hearkens to our prayers. He never 
wearies, and gives us fresh treasures every 
day. 

t i t 

The path to heaven is hard, because God 
wants us to seek Him. If the way was one 
of pleasure, we would be lost on the way. 

t t t 

A righteous thought, a sorrow endured, 
one prayer and the soul is changed. 

t t t 

The Bible is the bright star that rose in 
the east and lightens us on life's sea. 

tit 

"Render unto God the things that are 
God's." Is not his image stamped on us 
from the very creation and ought we not to 
render unto Him that which bears His 
image? 

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Friendship is that bond that exists be- 
tween two equal souls. 

* * t 

Do not be an onlooker in the strife against 
wrong, because some weak comrade may 
give up. 

i t * 

The way of life is hard because we make 
it so, and to all alike come points of hard- 
ness. 

i t i 

We are personally responsible for our 
character. It is of greater importance than 
our reputation, which is what others think, 
while character is what we are. 

t t i 

Remember the favors we receive, and the 
words and smiles that we can give in return 
for the things that grieves us. 

$ t t 

There are rocks and ledges along the inter- 
vale and sharp corners to turn, — look up as 
you labor along and patience will be your 
guide. 



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Let a little corner in the heart be where 
tender thoughts for the weaker nature may 
dwell, that we may be a little blinder to the 
faults of those around. 

t t t 

Let self be buried deep, and all we do be 
for others. Open wide the doors of our 
heart to those in need. 

t t t 

Let not life's story be written in dullest 
prose; it can be like music to the heart, and 
a poem of gladness with a song for every 
sigh. 

t t t 

Let not discouragement enter the mind. 
It darkens the atmosphere around the heart's 
fire, and the purpose of life are weakened. 

t t t 

We should not yield to discouragement, 
for one needs all the strength to meet life as 
God would have us. 

t t t 

The present is the right time to form 
character. A delay is but a step backward. 



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The soul should be nourished that its mis- 
sion be healthily fulfilled, and messages of 
bright cheer left as we journey along the 
intervale. 

i i t 

When the gloom of sorrow is upon us, it 
requires our faith to cause us to realize that 
there is still sunshine in life. 

i i i 

The secrets of nature when discovered but 
strengthen the greatness of God. What a 
blessing that God conceals, for in finding 
out for ourselves we become the stronger. 

t i i 

Eternity begins on earth, just as we exist 
here before called hence. It begins with 
each of us. 

i i i 

Let not care bind thee. Rise above mate- 
rial things and dwell in a pure atmosphere. 

t t t 

There comes a time once in each life 
when Satan leads us into the highest moun- 
tains where we may behold all the beauties 
of earthly things to be ours, if we will only 
follow him. 

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When woe o'ertakes thee, hope for the 
good things to come and leave regret alone. 

t t i 

What are thoughts but messengers that 
bring back what escapes from our minds? 

t $ t 

Our pains grow lighter as we spiritually 
climb higher and higher. 

t t t 

Let kind words, thoughts and deeds be 
for each, while dwelling in this shadow- 
land. 

t t i 

Joy departs like unto the summer, which 
cannot be always, but departs to come again 
in its appointed time. 

t t t 

Life is sweetened by sympathy, affection 
and charity. 

t t $ 

Nor can sorrow remain, for like the 
autumn too she passes on until winter's 
gloom o'ertakes, which means death and 
then eternal life. 

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Thrust back sorrows, for they are bur- 
dens, and there are too many on the way 
that need thee. 

i i i 

We have not the promise of another day 
— and the harvest is at hand. 

t t $ 

There is no time for sighing for rest, but 
just time for our service to Christ, for time 
is passing quickly. 

i t t 

Our life should be one of love. 

t t i 

It is well that our every wish is not grati- 
fied. We should not wish to control our 
destinies. God knows best. 

t t t 
When the twilight of life comes and dark- 
ness begins, hopes and thoughts blend and 
form a beautiful star that leads us on. 

t t t 

There exists between man and the here- 
after an affinity which is continually reached 
after. 



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Love hovers between the past and future, 
and moves onward to illuminate the way. 

t t $ 

When we are the weakest, sometimes our 
strongest natures are born. 

t t i 

Patience in tribulation is characteristic of 
heavenly birth. 

t $ t 

Bow at virtue's shrine and become shield- 
ed against the many temptations that storm 
one in the autumn of life. 

t t t 

Nothing but God's love can assuage the 
fever of an aching heart and weary mind. 

* * t 

Memory is ever present with us. There 
is no forgetfulness. 

t t $ 

How much pain and pleasure are centered 
in one's affections! Nothing real in earthly 
life and light but has its shadows. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 

Restlessness gives to the mind an unhappy 
state. 

t t t 

Look forth from your own heart and warn 
others of the mighty deluge of sin that is 
in this intervale. Let all escape to the high 
mountain of Truth. 

t i t 

One's own heart and nature need a life- 
time of study. 

i t i 

Wisdom alone can sustain that life that 
leads us onward to glorious immortality. 

t t t 

Thoughts, however faint and vague they 
may be, leave their trace upon the soul, and 
it is for the one in the main thoroughfare 
of life to elevate the social life of a com- 
munity. 

tit 

And what is knowledge but a divine con- 
tribution to man through the soul? 

ttt 

Still are we kept guessing at the secrets of 
nature — God's living witness. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 

How can the apex of light be reached but 
through the gates of death? 

t X X 

Sometimes the soul suffers an eclipse, but 
with careful watching it emerges all the 
brighter for the darkness. 

* t X 

There is no time for idle feelings if we 
attain higher life. 

X X X 

Were we not created but of God's love and 
should we not in return give Him our love? 

X X X 

In the autumn of life, the soul relaxes its 
hold on earthly gain and is attracted toward 
the divine. 

X X X 

Yes, Pilgrims are we along the way and 
God's guests. 

X t t 

No stony pillow or thorny way if God be 
with us. 

% X X 

Time, nature, and opportune action are 
three factors that shape destiny for us. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



If one meets failure along the highway, it 
is but a spur to win the fight that leads to 
success. 

i i t 

To focus ones thoughts is to bring forth a 
conflagration that means success or failure. 

t $ t 

One's desires are but in their swaddling 
clothes, rear them right or else all will be 
wrong. 

t i i 

Our thoughts should be treated as guest 
and entertained, if of the right kind. 

i i t 

Difficulties arise as we journey along and 
when overcome, give that grandeur that 
makes a life perfect. 

t t t 

God keeps his engagements with us, and 
our engagements with Him, we are the ones 
who forget. 

t t i 

In the sacred precincts of the inner 
temple, can we hold converse with God. 
The cares of the world cannot enter therein. 

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Though life be short, in comparison with 
eternity past and eternity to come, we can 
but wish for a gleam of sunshine across our 
steps. 

t t t 

If it be God's will that the shadow should 
fall on our steps, along the way, the sun- 
shine will be for others who perhaps need 
more light. 

t t t 

The unutterable anguish that takes posses- 
sion of the heart at times can only find cure 
in religion, and let religion be with us in our 
daily walk, daily talk, and daily life. 

t t t 

What a privilege to lay our burdens of sin 
and sorrow at the foot of the cross and go 
forth again with the elasticity of burdens 
removed. 

t i t 

What are our bodies but clay in the hand 
of the mighty sculptor mind, to be moulded 
and formed as we will it to be. 

t i i 

How often do we find in our wanderings 
people who build for themselves a Tower of 
Babel. 

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"Let us for each other care, 
Each the other's burden bear, 
Let us in Thy love agree 
As we, Father, look up to Thee." 

% t t 

Our interior natures are rolled scroll-like 
into the spiritual world, and place is assign- 
ed us when we leave earth that this inner 
nature has obtained for us. 

i i i 

The spiritual nature reaches down toward 
earth, establishes itself within, while nature 
may reach upward but can never be identi- 
fied with heaven; for there is a mighty gulf 
between the spirit and nature that nature 
can never span. 

t i t 

Others are watching our workmanship of 
this clay and we are teachers one to the 
other, absorbing and copying from nature. 

t i * 

And he is an artist who can present to the 
world a life in which is blended the 
Christian's harmonies. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



There is an effervescent fragrance in life 
that is above what mortals are prone to 
make it. 

X X X 

To each one of us comes a dismal cer- 
tainty that the serpent is lurking nigh and 
all the strength of our combative nature is 
called into play. 

X X X 

Let there be a predisposition on our part 
to see the good that is in others, thereby 
cultivating for ourselves a goodly nature. 

X X X 

Giving pleasure to our fellow man is a 
better habit than giving pain. 

X X X 

The paths of suffering and love leads on to 
Him; though difficult to tread, the goal is 
reached in splendour. 

X X X 

There is a path between wrong and right 
called repentance which is accessible to all. 

X X X 
Respect for holy things and the sublimity 
of forgiveness creates a faith no less sublime. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 

One prayer uplifted, one suffering en- 
dured, and one thought of purity, and our 
souls are changed. 

t i i 

Forbearance and clemency, toward those 
whose souls are wounded by human passion, 
should be "virtues" cultivated by man. 

t t t 

We continue our pilgrimage and the world 
knows nothing of it — a secret between your- 
self and God. 

$ t $ 

Earthly love brings tribulations, while 
spiritual love brings joys unending, and God 
shines within us. 

i t i 

Full of force and faith will give us that 
love that leads through prayer across the 
human sphere. 

i i i 

Unfaithfulness is one of the acts of dis- 
honesty that steals from the heart. 

i i i 

Tears of repentance shall be to our souls 
the celestial baptism that purifies. 



ALONG THE INTERVALE 



In prayer we have the key of heaven as 
well as the covenant between earth and 
heaven. 

tit 

Prayer is the border to the Divine World, 
and reveals to one the mind and its progres- 
sion. 

i i t 

What shall we do with our time, for that 
together with influence and ability must be 
used to advantage. 

t i i 

Encouragement is the method that lifts 
one upward and onward to higher planes. 

t i t 

Pleasant ways is one of the highest duties 
we owe to our fellowman, as we meet on 
life's highway. 

i t i 

The way can be made clear and the rough 
places smooth if we look at the little every- 
day duties and do them, then will follow the 
great things in life. 

i i t 

A lifetime is needed to gain those virtues 
that lead directly to the throne of love. 






ALONG THE INTERVALE 



Every human heart that beats needs a 
refuge, wherein our deepest longings can be 
anchored. 

t t t 

Let us always be merry of heart — this is 
a plant in our nature that can be forced and 
made to flourish. 

tit 

Let us look beyond the temporal things 
that monopolize one at times, to the detri- 
ment of existence — they may be obstinate 
and urgent in their claims, but look above 
them, look through them and look beyond 
them. 

t i t 

And where does prayer form but within 
us, linking the soul to Him who reveals what 
seemeth best to the thoughtful seeker. 

t i t 

"God will pour into the soul fresh treas- 
ures day by day." 

i t t 

How much of our lives do we spend in 
reaching after things that would but destroy 
us when we got them! Defeat in somethings 
is one's gain. 

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Life is not always a failure because one 
does not obtain one's ideals, nor are the 
ideals a failure because unattained. We 
sometimes grow stronger by not gaining. 

i i i 

As we advance into life, experience un- 
folds to us ideals that can be gained if we 
make the best use of ourselves as we are. 

t t t 

There are thoughts that come to us that 
call for perfection. We are not a failure 
because these cannot prove themselves. 
They are lighthouses that shine from afar 
and help us on. 

t i t 

Tears but expand the heart and ripen 
affection, and that heart beats true, beats on 
forever. 

t t t 

Sometimes the invisible and unforgotten 
changes the whole trend of living. 

X t t 

Although circumstances may give us a 

narrow life, there is great depth. The more 

narrow the way, the deeper the depth, the 
higher the height. 



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Affection begets happiness for others and 
gives us a principle of delight. 

t i i 

Sunshine always would wither the heart. 
Clouds and misty days but strengthen and 
nourish the inner man. 

t i t 

Resignation is the pure atmosphere in 
which is life eternal and raises us heaven- 
ward. 

t t t 

Our thoughts are at home among the stars. 

i i i 

If the furrow on life's pathway be drawn 
straight, all will be well. 

i i $ 

Knowledge must be conquered by human- 
ity, pride by charity, and earth by love, and 
then we must wait with resignation for the 
"Sacred Portal" to open. 

t t t 
"Though wearing at times a chaplet of gar- 
nered tears, 
God's love surrounds us as roses." 



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Now does night begin to fall and we hear 
from afar voices calling us to paths un- 
known. Let Thy Spirit, Father, be with 
us, and let Thy abounding grace forgive all 
that is ill in Thy sight. 

t t t 

In the "Valley of Silence," where the 
worldly never wander, is found gentle 
solace, and this beautiful valley is the Vale 
of Prayer. 

i t t 

If the wormwood be commingled with 
life's draught, a wiser hand measures out the 
potion. Rebel not, but bear with obedient 
grace. 

t i t 

One at a time does each patient and mute 
endeavor forge a character sublime. 

i i t 

The storms may rage, and we drift with 
the restless tide, but there must be a bound 
to the ocean and a home on the other side. 

t i t 

Immortality explores the future and con- 
tinually reaches after what is to come. 



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Nature is a recording angel, marking each 
sin as she follows us on, each tomorrow 
being a resurrection of today. 

t t $ 

And was not man created after all the 
lower animals? Even so is this repetition 
in each individual; for does not the individ- 
ual give himself over to animal appetites 
(the coarser natures) before he comes to the 
realization of the immortality in which he 
is created. 

i i t 

There is a barrier between nature and 
spirit that is and will remain sealed, and 
nothing in man's organic life can cross it, 
"except a man be born again." "Except a 
man be born of water and of the spirit, he 
cannot enter the kingdom of heaven." 

$ t t 
This transitory world is but a landscape 
scene against the canopy of heaven, of what 
is to come. Nature pictures, while the 
spiritual sphere is the original — the begin- 
ning and never-ending. 

i i $ 

Things resisted will gain for us the longed- 
for goal. 



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Things resisted bring out the will-power 
and control of self and thus gains for us the 
longed-for goal. 

t t i 

Let the body be servant to the soul, climb- 
ing bravely onward, above vain grievings, 
clinging only to well-spent time for susten- 
ance. 

i i i 

Waste not time upon past records. Turn 
the leaf and be thankful for the unsullied 
pages that still remain to thee. 

t t i 

From the brow of suffering, comes forth 
courage in all of its grandeur, and so clothed 
with endurance that the Furies pale into 
nothingness, and Fate makes no impression. 

t t $ 

It seems as if our veiled eyes even will 
show that heaven is near us. 

t t t 

Do away with selfishness, vain desires, ill- 
temper, and we are fast moulding mortality 
into immortality, holding aloft the banner 
"well done." 

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Faculties and powers are born in us and 
carry us on if we rightfully use them. Let 
the head be worthy of the crown prepared. 

t t t 

When the high tide of life creeps upon us, 
let the soul be stirred to its utmost that it 
may learn the eternal meaning of existence 
and rise through the fog of worldliness. 



When the cloud of tribulation and trial 
throw their sable mantle over us, notice how 
much beauty there is in the drapery. There 
are blended possibilities even in the shadow 
of crosses. 

i i i 

When hope is lessening and its light seems 
to be waning, reach forth for that humbler 
light called patience. In darkness it gives 
forth its brightest light. 

t i t 

The showy seemings of life are but vain 
glories, the meaning of which is half told, 
and many are they who are heart-weary of 
building, and spoiling, and spoiling and 
building again. 



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Strength to endure is a greater necessity 
than to be spared the vicissitudes of life. 
The spiritual gain is greater when trials bat- 
tle with each other. 

t i t 

Self is our worst enemy and it has to be 
fought at such unexpected times, and the 
unexpected time is all the time. 

t i t 

Obstacles and the power of resistance are 
the levers to progression that make the soul 
soar aloft its pinions toward the goal. 

i i i 

Faithfulness in the little everydays of be- 
ing brings triumph in the great things that 
make up the crown of life. 

t t t 

Radiate sunshine and gladness wherever 
you go. Its intrinsic value goes more to the 
betterment of existence than shimmering 
gold. 

tit 

Know what thy duty is, and then have 
strength to do it, trusting with heart sincere 
to Him on high. 



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Observe each anxious toil and strife as 
well as the busy scenes of ones crowded life, 
and see how hope and fear, desire and hate 
o'er-spread the walk of wavering man. 

X t t 
When one's correspondence with things 
eternal ceases, then does mortality put on 
immortality and death is swallowed up in 
victory. 

t t t 

Whence cometh a breath and whither 
goeth it? It does not die but lives in ever- 
changing form. 

t i t 

Consider the dignity, majesty, and sublim- 
ity of our natures and be comforted. Often 
from temptations are born our strongest 
principles. 

* t i 

The experience of others brings out the 
ideals to be sought as well as things to be 
avoided in this pilgrimage so full of lights 
and shadows. 

t t t 

Largeness of heart and generosity of soul 
make character that enriches the world and 
causes its upward growth. 

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See that our thought-world is well built 
with all that is sublime in nature, for that is 
to be our real world, and if the material used 
be divine, the tempest ever impending can 
be endured. 

% t t 

The religion that deals with the inmost 
springs of being is the religion for the heart. 
An infinite supply of health is around us; 
still we seem to prefer pain at times. 



Consecrate each thought and be self-for- 
got in others' needs. Thus shall comfort 
come to all who weep, and we our faith in 
God keep. 

t t t 

Affliction oft purifies the mind; and grace, 
as a dew surrounding, pervades our inner- 
most being, while God in all the transcen- 
dant glory of His fervent love crowns us as 
His own. 

t t t 

Shrink not from the far-reaching solitude 
of your heart, and let there be no winding 
ways, for it is from this solitude that the 
soul sends back its answer and "All is well." 



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The Divine Almightiness has use for our 
human weakness and let all living beneath 
the spacious temple of the sky, in that hymn 
of adoration join, with all nature on this 
Christmas morn — for unto us an Intercessor 
is given, who knoweth well the frailties of 
human being. 

t t t 

And thus does each soul journey along, 
isolated from the other, not one knowing 
what is in the innermost recess — speaking 
as it journeys, from the vestibule of the 
temple, words of cheer to the one in the 
wake. 

i t i 

It is through the Paradise of tears that 
heart rejoins its kindred heart, and in the 
hour of night we raise our eyes heavenward 
and behold the transcendant splendour of 
glorious immortality. 

t t t 

It is but a good-night, as one who climbs 
the stairs and wafts back a smile which 
breathes of sweet communion with God, an 
informal going from human fellowship unto 
that higher fellowship which year by year 
grows more dear. 

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When the weaving of life's web is o'er, let 
it be seen that a single thread in the loom is 
not broken and our duty for each moment 
done. 

t i t 

And such is Human Life! Gliding on, it 
glimmers and then is gone; brief and full of 
wondrous change, yet nearing that nearing 
hour when all is change and Time becomes 
Eternity. 



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"There are no rewards 

Of fame or profit when the world grows 

weary, 
To make some hours less dreary. 
It occupies to turn back regards 
On what I've seen or pondered sad and 

cheery. 
And what I write I caste upon the stream 
To sink or swim." 

— Don Juan. 



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